Release 1.359 fails to start, giving:

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file (unable to load class javax.jmdns.JmDNS)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1854)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:890)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1354)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
at hudson.DNSMultiCast.(DNSMultiCast.java:24)
at hudson.model.Hudson.(Hudson.java:628)
at hudson.model.Hudson.(Hudson.java:545)
at hudson.WebAppMain$2.run(WebAppMain.java:222)

To me that suggests that the jmdns lib was compiled with a JDK > 1.5. This causes Hudson to fail to load on a JVM =< 1.5.